Abstract: A shovel includes a shovel blade, a handle assembly with a tubular section and hammer section, where the hammer section is configured to axially slide within the tubular section to function as an impact hammer. A locking assembly locks the hammer section in one of an extended position and a compressed position relative to the tubular section. Releasing the locking assembly allows the hammer section to axially slide within the tubular section.

Abstract: A tool assembly is provided for a planter row unit and resides at the forward end of the row unit beneath the tool bar. The assembly includes a bracket assembly connected to the row unit, with a ground engaging tool removably mounted on the bracket assembly for movement between raised and lowered positions. A linear actuator controls the position of the tool. The tool may also include a depth control mechanism. Different tools can be interchanged on the bracket assembly.

Abstract: A method for adjusting operating parameters of an agricultural implement during a product-dispensing operation may include monitoring a location of the agricultural implement while performing a product-dispensing pass across a field. The method may further include determining that the agricultural implement will encounter an operating parameter boundary prescribing a change in an operating parameter of the agricultural implement. Moreover, the method may include determining a transition boundary along the product-dispensing pass based at least in part on a propagation delay for the prescribed change, where the agricultural implement will cross the transition boundary before the operating parameter boundary. Additionally, the method may include initiating the change in the operating parameter when the agricultural implement reaches the transition boundary such that the prescribed change in the operating parameter is complete when the agricultural implement reaches the operating parameter boundary.

Abstract: A device to distribute solids such as seeds, fertilizers, salts, or other granular materials through a machine for agricultural use or other similar uses, of the type that uses horizontal rotating plates or discs with spreader pallets, wherein access of the material to be distributed to the spreader pallets is tangential thereto, by use of a channeller downloaded in the central area of the disc. The device does not break the particles to be spread and, thereby, they maintain their original mass, which let us affirm that the working area is extended and the uniformity of the distribution is improved. Additionally, the tangential access of the material from the center of the rotating plate or disc, and with the same course of the pallets, gives an additional speed to the particles that allows to further increase the working area.

Abstract: A soil analysis system is provided for an agricultural vehicle and includes a sensor apparatus, a controller, and a display device. The sensor apparatus includes a location sensor configured to determine a location of the agricultural vehicle; and an infrared sensor configured to collect infrared spectra from soil at the location. The controller is configured to determine a soil type based on the location; select at least one nutrient calibration curve based on the soil type at the location; analyze the infrared spectra according to the at least one nutrient calibration curve to generate at least one estimated nutrient value for the soil at the location; and generate display commands representing the at least one estimated nutrient value. The display device is configured to generate a first display representing the at least one estimated nutrient value based on the display commands.

Abstract: A device is provided that includes: an elongated handle having a proximal end and a distal end; a handle coupling device attached to the distal end of the elongated handle, the coupling device having a tubular head and a plurality of spaced legs extending distally from the tubular head; a first attachment device pivotally coupled to a distal end of a first leg of the handle coupling device and a second attachment device pivotally coupled to a distal end of a second leg the handle coupling device; and a first set of yard rake tines rotatably coupled to the first attachment device and a second set of yard rake tines rotatably coupled to the second attachment device.

Abstract: A head assembly for a rake is provided. The head assembly includes a base portion, a handle coupling, and a number of tines. Each tine includes an elongated body. Each tine body includes a first end, a flexure portion, an offset portion, and a distal second end. The tines includes a first set of tines and a second set of tines. A number of tine bodies in the first set of tines have an offset portion lateral cross-sectional aspect ratio that is greater than 1.0. A number of tine bodies in the second set of tines have an offset portion lateral cross-sectional aspect ratio that is less than 1.0.

Abstract: A cutter head for a brush cutter has a base body with top base body part and bottom base body part. A screw element is arranged at the bottom base body part for attachment to an output shaft of the brush cutter. A receptacle for fastening a cutting tool is provided between top and bottom base body parts. The base body is rotatably driven in operation of the brush cutter about an axis of rotation of the base body. The top and bottom base body parts are held together by a detachable snap-on connection. The snap-on connection is positioned at a distance, measured in a radial direction, from the axis of rotation of the base body. The distance amounts to at most 40% of the cutter head diameter. For releasing the snap-on connection, the top and bottom base body parts are pulled apart from each other by a pulling force.

Abstract: A harvesting machine is disclosed along with a method of operation. The harvesting machine includes a frame having a flail cutter mounted on a first end of the frame. The flail cutter can cut the stems of growing plants. A housing surrounding a portion of the flail cutter for directing the cut plants rearward. An idler roller is positioned rearward of the flail cutter. First and second moisture removal mechanisms are positioned downstream of the cutting mechanism, and each includes a suction roll and a press roll. A moving belt forms a closed loop around the idler roller and the pair of suction and press rolls, and has a plurality of apertures formed therethrough. The moving belt forms first and second nips between each pair of suction and press rolls for squeezing moisture out of the cut stems as the stems are routed therebetween.

Abstract: A sugarcane harvester for harvesting sugarcane including a main frame, a basecutter, and a coupler configured to couple the main frame to the basecutter, the coupler including a leg rotatably coupled to and extending from one of the main frame or a frame of the basecutter and a receiver fixedly coupled to the other of the main frame or the basecutter frame. A catch is located at the receiver, wherein the catch engages the leg to locate the main frame at a fixed distance with the basecutter. The catch includes a spring actuated plunger to engage a depression in the arm to fixedly couple the basecutter and the main frame. In one embodiment, the sugarcane harvester includes basecutter frames or split frames, each of which is rotatably connected to the mainframe with a coupler.

Abstract: A chopper system and method for cutting crop material with a rotating first drum having first blades and a counter-rotating second drums having second blades. Blade pairs with one first blade and one second blade contact one another and cut the crop material. The blades of each blade pair contact one another for at least ten degrees of rotation. The blades can have beveled cutting edges, and the blade pairs can make bevel to bevel contact. The initial contact of the blade pairs during each rotation can form a swipe angle of 15 degrees or less. The initial contact of the blade pairs during each rotation can have the acute end of the first blade contact the second blade near the middle of the beveled edge. During each rotation, the acute end of the second blade can contact the back of the first blade.

Abstract: A cleaning fan for use in a cleaning system of a fruit harvester includes a housing and a rotor disposed within the housing. The rotor includes a hub and a plurality of blades. The cleaning fan is configured as a mixed flow fan combining high-volume flow characteristics with increased pressure delivery characteristics. The hub is a frustroconical shaped hub with an axis of rotation, a smaller diameter inlet end, and a larger diameter outlet end. Each of the blades is attached to the hub and curves from the inlet end toward the outlet end, relative to a direction of rotation of the rotor, whereby air is blown during operation both axially and radially.

Abstract: A standing ride on mower includes a frame, a right drive wheel, a left drive wheel, a prime mover, a right side integrated transaxle operating under influence of the prime mover to drive rotation of the right drive wheel and having a housing, hydraulic pump, and hydraulic motor, a left side integrated transaxle operating under influence of the prime mover to drive rotation of the left drive wheel, having a housing, hydraulic pump, and hydraulic motor, and an operator platform to support a standing operator of the mower extending beneath the left housing and beneath the right housing such that a distance between an innermost portion of the right side integrated transaxle and an innermost portion of the left side integrated transaxle is less than a width of the operator platform.

Abstract: A crank-operated packer mechanism includes crank pins and crank arms assembled by a tapered spline connection. The connection includes tapered spline features on outer ends of the crank pins and in openings provided at outer ends of the crank arms, which interlock when the crank pins are inserted in the openings. The connection further includes a locking feature for locking the connection, such as a locking nut screwed onto a threaded outer end of the crank pins when inserted into the opening. Fixing of rotary bearings onto the crank pins is done by a fixing nut which at the same time serves as a disassembling aid for the spline connection. The crank arms are shaped in a way that deviates from a straight shape to such an extent that the crank shaft is statically balanced about its central rotation axis. Also a baler including the aforementioned packer mechanism.

Abstract: A crank-operated packer mechanism includes a crank shaft including crank pins and crank arms. At least some of the crank arms are shaped in a way that deviates from a straight shape to such an extent that the crank shaft is statically balanced. The arms may, for example, be curved or hook-shaped. The crank shaft further includes crank pins and crank arms assembled by a tapered spline connection. The connection includes tapered spline features on outer ends of the crank pins and in openings provided at outer ends of the crank arms, which interlock when the crank pins are inserted in the openings.

Abstract: An electrically powered rotary trimmer adapted to trim external portions of an agricultural product or other plant material. The trimmer may include an electric motor which rotates two or more trimming portions. The trimmer may include a handle with a battery. The trimmer may include a trim guard which may be rotatably adjustable. The trimmer may be adapted to plug into an external power source, which may be an external battery or a cellular telephone.

Abstract: The invention relates to a light-diffusing material, having a high transmission of UVA light, useful for horticultural lighting. The light-diffusing material has a hiding power of greater than 50% at 350 nm and a transmission of light at 350 nm of at least 30 percent, and preferably at least 50%. Additionally the light-diffusing material also transmits and diffuses at least 50% of light at 300 nm, 465 nm, and at 800 nm. The light-diffusing material is especially useful as a glazing for horticultural use.

Abstract: A method for promoting the accumulation of cannabinoid substances is disclosed. The method comprises the step of adding an irradiation of green light, which has a peak wavelength at 505-526 nm, into the indoor growing environment of cannabis to improve the levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD), cannabinoid substances in cannabis. While maintaining the light intensity and other growth conditions, the yields and/or levels of THC and CBD, cannabinoid substances in cannabis, can be increased by up to 21.35%.

Abstract: A lighting fixture for facilitating plant growth and a light emitting component. The fixture includes a single light emission source LED device which provides at least two emission peaks in the wavelength range of 300-800 nm and at least one of the emission peaks has Full Width of Half Maximum (FWHM) at least 50 nm or higher. The emission peaks of the LED match well with a plant photosynthesis response spectrum and is therefore particularly suitable for high efficiency artificial lighting.

Abstract: A forestry management device is provided including processing circuitry configured to receive an indication of a selected tree, receive selected tree location data associated with the selected tree, receive operator location data associated with an operator, and cause information associated with the selected tree to be displayed on a wearable computing device.

Abstract: A system and method to facilitate the growth of a plant in a building. The system includes a substrate that is substantially solid, an inflatable raft, or that has an upper member and a lower member with a space therebetween to establish an interior of the substrate. Either form of substrate includes one or more plant retainers and a set of one or more gaseous fluid delivery ports located regularly or irregularly throughout the substrate, including localized in a vicinity of each of the one or more plant retainers. The system further includes a climate delivery subsystem including a gaseous fluid source, a gaseous fluid delivery apparatus, such as a pump and one or more conduits in the substrate, wherein each of the one or more conduits is in communication with each set of the one or more gaseous fluid delivery ports for delivery of the gaseous fluid to an underside of the plant, wherein the one or more conduits are coupled to the gaseous fluid delivery apparatus.

Abstract: A sprout lid for use with a container to sprout seeds and or beans is provided which may include a recess feature which may allow the container to be filled with water without removing the sprout lid from the container, as well as allowing proper airflow in the container. The sprout lid may also be used to rinse, strain, and drain seeds and or beans in the container.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods for supplying an algae cultivation fluid with nutrients (e.g., carbon dioxide and nitrogen) directly from the atmosphere. Supplying nutrients directly from the atmosphere reduces operational costs and environmental impacts, as well as provides greater flexibility in locating algae farms.

Abstract: This invention describes a new method to increase grain yields in any crop plant by modifying pollination to effect an increase in grain yield, a change in grain content or characteristics, a decrease in contamination, or a combination of these attributes. The process involves the intentional delivery of pollen of the male plant at will to designated male-sterile female plants as available either in a preserved pollen bank, or real-time collection from male plants as they become available, in a growth chamber for example. Desired pollen is delivered to fertile females. The delivered pollenM is in such amounts and fortuitously timed that it preferentially pollinates the females and pollination from neighboring male-fertile plants. The intentional delivery of genetically different pollen will result in increased heterosis and accompanying grain yield increases resulting from increased grain size and the potential to influence grain content and constituents.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to new cannabis plants, including parts, extracts and uses thereof, comprising a cannabinoid profile enriched for total CBD (i.e., cannabidiol (CBD) and cannabidiolic acid (CBDA)) and for total THC (i.e., ?-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and ?-9-tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCA)).

Abstract: A system and method for automatically drying-off a machine-milked dairy animal by controlling milk production during a gradual drying-off period. During the gradual drying-off period, the dairy animal is not milked out. For each milking during this period, an amount of milk to be removed is determined, which is less than the amount removed at a previous milking. When the amount of milk for the current milking has been removed from the dairy animal, milking is stopped. The start of the gradual drying-off period is calculated from the dry-off date, the desired date of cessation of milking for this lactation, and from a predetermined drying-off period.

Abstract: A window pet enclosure is provided. The device includes a housing having a base, wherein a frame extends from the base. The frame includes a plurality of supports affixed to each corner of the base. An upper wall is affixed to a distal end of each of the plurality of supports. A plurality of sidewalk is disposed between the plurality of supports. An opening is defined through a rear sidewall of the plurality of sidewalk. A mounting bracket is disposed on the frame on the rear sidewall, wherein the housing is removably securable to an exterior of a window opening via the mounting bracket. In some embodiments, the plurality of supports includes a plurality of interlocking legs having at least one tab and at least one aperture therein, wherein the aperture is dimensioned to frictionally engage the tab to secure the plurality of interlocking legs together in various configurations.

Abstract: Cat furniture having at least one three-dimensional structure is composed of at least two panel elements which are connected together at at least one of their panel edges. One individual panel element is provided on at least one of its panel edges with a fastening means by means of which a connection with the fastening means of an adjacent panel element is to be made. The fastening means is attached in a foldable manner to the panel element via a perforation and via at least one groove extending along the perforation.

Abstract: A vision system for determining an identity of an individual animal in a population of animals with known identity is provided. A first image sensor arrangement is configured to capture three-dimensional or thermographic images of the individual animal. A second image sensor arrangement is configured to capture two-dimensional images of the individual animal. Control circuitry is configured to obtain a first image of the individual animal captured by the first image sensor arrangement and to detect a body part in the first image, and in response to detecting the body part, obtain a second image of the individual animal captured using the second image sensor arrangement, and to identify the individual animal by comparing metrics of the second image with the reference data in a data storage.

Abstract: A controller for controlling illumination emitted by lighting elements within an environment comprising animals and a respective filter between each of animal and the lighting elements, the controller configured to: control the lighting elements to emit illumination having a first spectral composition for a first time period to produce, on a first side of the filter, a first level of illumination as experienced by a visual system of the animals; control the lighting elements to emit illumination having a second, different spectral composition for a second, subsequent time period to produce, on the first side of the filter, a second, different level of illumination as experienced by the visual system of the animals; and control the lighting elements to emit illumination throughout the first and second time periods to maintain, on a second side of the filter, a minimum level of illumination as experienced by a visual system of the animals.

Abstract: Unit for sorting parts moving along a conveyor belt comprising a transfer device (3) which comprises a roller (31) which is rotatably movable above the belt and a plurality of gripping tools (32) at the periphery of the roller which are each capable of selectively removing a part from the belt when the tools are brought into a removal position, each tool comprising a suction cup (321) attached to a tubular support sleeve (322) which is capable of creating a connection between the suction cup and an internal chamber (312) of the roller, said connection being kept at a negative pressure relative to the surrounding air, all of the suction cups which are brought into the removal position being depressurized, each sleeve being mounted so as to be translatably movable along the axis thereof through a wall (311) of the roller, an actuator (34) being designed to selectively control, in the removal position, the movement of the sleeve so that the suction cup engages with the part to be removed.

Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement (6) for controlling an entrance hole (2) of a beehive (1) of a beehive with bees, comprising a closure element (11) for at least partially closing the entrance hole (2). According to the invention, the arrangement (6) comprises at least one identification unit (5) arrangeable or arranged on a queen bee (4), a reading unit (7) for reading out the at least one identification unit (5), wherein the reading unit (7) or at least one antenna unit (8) of the reading unit (7) is arrangeable or arranged at the entrance hole (2), and an actuation unit (12), in particular coupled with the reading unit (7), for actuating the closure element (11). Moreover, the invention relates to a method for controlling an entrance hole (2) of a beehive (1).

Abstract: The disclosure relates to the technical field of aquaculture, and more particularly to a fish breeding device provided with a magnetizer and a method for accelerating normal propagation and growth speeds of fishes. The fish breeding device includes a box body, a controllable partition plate, an extraction pump, and the magnetizer; the controllable partition plate is arranged in the box body and used for dividing the inner space of the box body into a feeding area and a non-feeding area; the extraction pump is arranged on the controllable partition plate and used for exchanging the water body in the feeding area with the water body in the non-feeding area; the magnetizer is arranged on the outer wall of the box body corresponding to the feeding area, and used for magnetizing the water body of the feeding area. In the disclosure, fish eggs are further hatched by the magnetized water.

Abstract: The invention relates to a recirculating culture system for cultivating and/or breeding aquatic creatures, comprising: a recirculating system for circulating and controlling the temperature of a fluid, wherein the recirculating system has a culture pool (1) for receiving the fluid, a water reservoir (2) for storing the fluid, a temperature-control device (3) designed to supply thermal energy to and/or remove thermal energy from the fluid, a pump system (4) for circulating the fluid, and a filter system (5) for filtering the fluid; as well as a container (6) having at least one internal space (61), wherein the recirculating system is arranged in the at least one internal space (61) of the container (6).

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for the mass rearing of predatory mites, mite compositions and the use thereof for biological control. In particular, the present invention relates to the use of tarsonemid prey mites for the mass rearing of predatory mites and for controlling a pest in a crop.

Abstract: The invention is a system comprising a wire cage crustacean trap coupled to a remotely controlled subsystem operative to receive a control-coded acoustic signal and thereupon open an electrically controlled pneumatic valve allowing gas under pressure to be conveyed to a deflated bladder, such that the bladder inflates and brings the system to the surface. Backup systems will cause the valve to open when a preprogrammed time duration has elapsed and/or when a water leak is detected inside the remotely controlled subsystems water-tight container.

Abstract: A lure includes a body, a weight, a guide member and an elastic member. The body is hollow and has a head in a front portion and a tail in a rear portion thereof. The weight is inside of the body so as to be movable in a front-rear direction. The guide member is in the body and configured to guide movement of the weight in the front-rear direction. The elastic member is in the body and is configured to generate an energizing force to move the weight in a forward direction. The weight is movable backward against the energizing force of the elastic member and one of the weight and the elastic member is inserted into an inside of the other.

Abstract: A multi-segmented, soft-bodied, artificial fishing lure or swim bait with a natural profile includes one or more damper elements in the joint between the first and second body segments to control the relative movement between the first and second body segments. The artificial fishing lure may also include one or more optional control planes.

Abstract: Disclosed are grips and methods of making grips for use with the handle of an article, and in particular for use with fishing poles and golf clubs. Grips preferably include a multi-layered gripping member and an inner sleeve or mounting body. The gripping member can include an outer layer with a fabric layer coated and preferably saturated by polyurethane. The outer layer can be bonded to an inner layer to form the gripping member which is then attached to the sleeve. The sleeve can be ground from a starting block of material or may be injection molded. Also disclosed are handles including a connector configured to couple to a portion of a fishing pole. Such handles may include a multiple layers and can be selectively removed from the article. Methods are also provided for selectively coupling exchangeable handles to articles including fishing poles.

Abstract: A spinning reel includes a rotor rotatable around an axis of a spool shaft, a handle shaft, a drive shaft rotatable around an axis of the handle shaft, a rotational transmission mechanism configured to transmit the rotation of the drive shaft to a rotor, a rotational control mechanism disposed between the handle shaft and the drive shaft and only transmitting rotation of the handle shaft in a reeling direction to the drive shaft and not transmitting rotation of the rotor in a casting direction from the drive shaft to the handle shaft, and a brake arranged to be in contact with the handle shaft and integrally rotatable with the drive shaft and configured to apply a braking force to the rotation of the handle.

Abstract: A protective fishing hook and lure cover is provided. The protective fishing hook and lure cover includes a first receptacle and a second receptacle. The first receptacle and the second receptacle are connected by a hinge. The first receptacle and the second receptacle each have a base with a number of perimeter walls connected to it. A number of apertures are formed between the perimeter walls of the first receptacle and the perimeter walls of the second receptacle. A latch is also placed on the first receptacle and the second receptacle. The latch is designed to hold the first receptacle and the second receptacle in a closed configuration.

Abstract: A wasp catching device installed on a beehive according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a capture chamber installed above the bee entrance of the beehive, formed of a mesh through which light is transmitted or a transparent or translucent material, and configured to capture wasps, and a capture chamber entrance located in the lower portion of the capture chamber, and formed to attract wasps by light entering the inside of the capture chamber. A flight space for the free flight of wasps and bees is provided below the capture chamber entrance by spacing the capture chamber apart from the ground by a predetermined distance. The wasp catching device allows wasps having the habit of flying upward to fly upward and be attracted to the capture chamber entrance by means of light emitted from the inside of the capture chamber while flying in the flight space.

Abstract: Provided is a chemical spraying device which can, even when a work vehicle travels on sloped work ground, rough roads or the like, spray a chemical onto crops onto which the chemical is to be sprayed, the spraying being performed without contact with the crops. A chemical spraying device capable of being mounted on a work vehicle is provided with: a chemical tank; chemical ejecting sections for ejecting a chemical supplied from the chemical tank; a plurality of first ejection support sections which have the chemical ejecting sections, extend in the top-bottom direction, and are oriented longitudinally; and a second ejection support section extending in the left-right direction from the chemical tank side and supporting the plurality of first ejection support sections. Each of the plurality of first ejection support sections is provided to be rockable about an axis extending in the front-rear direction relative to the second ejection support section.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a device for controlling the application of insecticides for indoor residual spraying using a sprayer comprising a lance with a spray nozzle, a distance sensor configured to measure the distance between the spray nozzle and the surface being sprayed, an indicator of the distance measured by said sensor, and an indicator of the spraying rate and means of attachment to the sprayer lance and a pipe which allows the insecticide to pass through, and in that the indicator of the distance measured comprises a luminous device which changes colour according to the distance measured by said sensor; a method of applying insecticides for indoor residual spraying by the use thereof, the use thereof to control the application of insecticides and a sprayer which comprises a control device according to the present invention.

Abstract: A method for applying a spray to a field using an agricultural spraying device. The method includes: monitoring a field section of the field having plants, using an optical and/or infrared detection unit; identifying at least one row of plants in the monitored field section using a processing unit; using the processing unit, defining a plant region including the at least one identified row of plants in a specified evaluation portion of the monitored field section, using the at least one identified row of plants and a weed region different from the plant region; ascertaining a plant value of the weed region in the specified evaluation portion of the monitored field section using the processing unit; and applying the spray to the weed region of the specified evaluation portion as a function of the ascertained plant value, using spray nozzles of the agricultural spraying device.

Abstract: A product distribution system for sectional control in an air boom spreader has a solid product metering assembly having: a first endless conveyor and a second endless conveyor for conveying the product from the container to the air system, the first and second endless conveyors substantially parallel to each other, the first conveyor driven independently of the second conveyor; and, a first shaft, a second shaft and a third shaft, the first shaft parallel to, separated from and driven independently of the second shaft, the second shaft parallel to and separated from the third shaft, the first shaft driving the first conveyor, the second shaft driving the third shaft to drive the second conveyor.

Abstract: An animal trap includes an outer member, an inner member, a resilient member, a bottom portion, and a trigger. The outer member has a first lower end and a first upper end, and defines a first cavity. The inner member has a second lower end and a second upper end, and defines a second cavity. At least a portion of the inner member is positioned within the first cavity of the outer member. The inner member is slidably repositionable relative to the outer member between a cocked position and a deployed position. The resilient member is positioned to bias the inner member into the deployed position. The bottom portion is coupled to the first lower end of the outer member. At least one of the bottom portion and the first lower end of the outer member define a passage. The trigger assembly is positioned to selectively hold the inner member in the cocked position.

Abstract: A mobile blinds apparatus that installs along a raised platform for hunting is presented. The mobile blinds apparatus contains at least one rod, at least one blinds sheet, and at least one blinds anchor. Each of the at least one rod contains a mounting end. The mounting end is terminally positioned adjacent to the at least one rod. Each of the at least one blinds sheet traverses along each of the at least one rod. Each of the at least one blinds anchor is connected adjacent to the mounting end.

Abstract: Zr-based MOF NPs for cryopreservation of cells including, for example, red blood cells.

Abstract: The present technology generally relates to a cryogenic tissue sample storage system. Select embodiments of a tissue sample storage system include a tray having a first well configured to receive a first tissue sample therein a second well configured to receive a second tissue sample therein. The tray can include a first well identification feature associated with the first well and a second well identification feature associated with the second well. The storage system can further include a lid hingedly associated with the tray and movable between (a) a first position in which the first and second wells are occluded by the lid, and (b) a second position in which the first and second wells are externally accessible. The first well identification feature can be unique from the second well identification feature.